RPC IV.2, 1425 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1425 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Antoninus Pius Group 1: bare head (without personal name, perhaps part of the issue of the strategos Titus Flavius Crispus
Dating 138–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν
Translation of the Sardians
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus, resting left arm on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.44 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 1949
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 3152 = Kraft, p. 192, pl. 93.7c
2 2     ✸ Private coll. Krengel, Berlin = GRPCL Sardes (Sardis) 48 = Hochard 1949c, pl. 111
3 3     Lindgren III, 519 = Hochard 1949a, pl. 111, of ethnic only ]ΑΝΩΝ legible hence attribution to this type tentative
4 4     C: Mossop
5 5     Manisa: 07641 Önder 289